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From cigarettes to coconuts: Dalli’s Bahamas trips and the Commissioners’ Code of Conduct 19 Jul 2013 | 06:16 pm
For ten months, we have been following the case of former health Commissioner John Dalli, who was forced to resign under contested circumstances last October, following an alleged cash-for-access toba...
Eurobills: Not a progressive solution for the European debt crisis 19 Jul 2013 | 11:30 am
To help it in its plans to tackle the eurocrisis, the European Commission has set up an advisory group, the “Expert Group on debt redemption fund and eurobills”. Both ideas – a debt redemption fund an...
MEPs code of conduct failing to prevent potential conflicts of interest 18 Jul 2013 | 12:29 pm
PRESS RELEASE BY CORPORATE EUROPE OBSERVATORY, FRIENDS OF THE EARTH EUROPE, LOBBYCONTROL AND SPINWATCH The new code of conduct for MEPs is failing to prevent potential conflicts of interest in a n...
Robbing the "Robin Hood" tax: the European Central Bank weighs in 17 Jul 2013 | 03:33 pm
The European Central Bank is "helping" the Commission and the Council design a future Financial Transaction Tax for Europe. This should be of major concern to its proponents, as the ECB can only be ex...
Appeal filed over business lobbies' privileged access in EU-India trade talks 10 Jul 2013 | 03:19 pm
Lobby watchdog Corporate Europe Observatory today appealed to the European Court of Justice a ruling from the EU’s General Court over information related to the EU-India free trade talks, which the Eu...
Unravelling the spin: a guide to corporate rights in the EU-US trade deal 9 Jul 2013 | 01:40 pm
transatlantic-corporate-bill-of-rights.jpg This week marks the first round of negotiations for a far-reaching transatlantic trade deal. In the face of growing opposition to plans for expanded corpora...
Tobacco lobbyists all fired up ahead of key vote 8 Jul 2013 | 06:15 pm
With a crucial European Parliament ENVI committee vote on new tobacco legislation taking place later this week, this new report sheds some light on the extent and scope of tobacco lobbying in the Parl...
New EU Staff Regulations adopted: Small steps on revolving door, giant leaps still needed 4 Jul 2013 | 08:01 pm
brussels-carrousel.jpg More than one and half years after the Commission made its proposal for new Staff Regulations – the rules that govern all EU institution staff – the European Parliament has thi...
Forget backloading and scrap the ETS! What MEPs should be debating instead 1 Jul 2013 | 01:09 pm
Ahead of the backloading vote at the European Parliament that will take place July 2nd , a coalition of 44 civil society organisations released a statement rejecting the EU ETS, which they say is entr...
Mad Men of the Roundtable 24 Jun 2013 | 01:42 pm
alter-eu2011-stopbigbusiness.jpg Merkel and Hollande have given key positioning to the European Roundtable of Industrialists and their corporate wish-list. They are set to influence a future Competit...
